A-Infos (en) Splitting the Sky speaking in Ontario and Quebec

[James_Dumaine@babylon.montreal.qc.ca (James Dumaine)]

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News Release
Thursday February 5, 1998
                                     
Splitting the Sky speaking in Ontario and Quebec

Splitting The Sky (John Hill), spokesperson for the Free the Wolverine
Campaign, will be speaking in Ontario and Quebec from February 7 to 14,
1998 to raise awarness about the1995 Gustafsen Lake crisis . The speaking
tour will be going to Windsor, Guelph, Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto,
Peterborough and Montreal. 

Splitting The Sky is a former political prisoner and lifetime
pan-Indigenist activist from the Mohawk nation. He took part in the
defense of Shuswap territory at Ts'Peten (a.k.a. Gustafsen Lake) and is
now a spokesperson for the Free Wolverine Campaign. He will be speaking
about his experiences during the Gustafsen Lake seige, the subsequent
trial, the legal arguments used by the defenders and how this crisis fits
into the larger issue of contemporary colonialism in Canada. Splitting the
Sky will be showing the video "Above the Law" (45 min) during his talk.


The trials of the Shushwap defenders have proven that the involvement of
the Canadian Forces in the Gustafsen Lake seige was illegal, that the army
breached its own Rules of Engagement, and that over 20,000 rounds of
internationally prohibited hollow-point ammunition were fired at camp
occupants.

On July 30, 1997, the year long criminal trial ended with 15 defendants
being convicted, 13 receiving prison terms. Wolverine (William Jones
Ignace), a 66 year old Shuswap elder, was sentenced to eight yea rs in
prison. The judge refused to recognize the jurisdictional arguments and
sovereignty defence that the Ts'peten defenders put forward, and their
evidence that Canada was in violation of international law. The Ts'Peten
defenders are now political prisoners in Canada. 

The tour schedule is:

Saturday February 7, 1998- Windsor, Embasador Auditorium, CAW Centre 7:30
p.m. Contact OPIRG Windsor for more info 519-253-1745

Monday February 9, 1998- Guelph, Room 103 University Centre, Guelph
University 8:00 p.m. Contact OPIRG Guelph for more info 519-824-2091

Tuesday February 10, 1998- Waterloo, Waterloo PIRG office, University of
Waterloo, call OPIRG Waterloo 519-888-4882 for time. 

Wednesday February 11, 1998- Hamilton, Ewart Angus Roo 1A4, MacMaster
University Medical Centre 7:30 p.m.Contact OPIRG McMaster for more info
905-525-9140x27289.  

Thursday February 12, 1998- Toronto, International Student Centre 33
Saint George St. University of Toronto 2:00 p.m. Contact OPIRG Toronto for
more info 416-978-7770  

Thursday February 12, 1998 - York, Steadman Lecture Hall-C, York
University 6:00 p.m. Contact OPIRG York for more info 416-736-2100x30323

Friday February 13, 1998- Peterborough, P.R. Lecture Hall, Peter Robinson
College 1:30 p.m. Contact OPIRG Peterborough for more info 705-748-1767

Saturday February 14, 1998-Montreal, 1455 Maisonneuve vest h 110 Concordia
University 7:00 p.m. Contact OPIRG Concordia 514--848-7585

For more information about the speaking tour, please contact the
Anti-Colonial Action Alliance by email: thassan@trentu.ca


                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
    



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